Schuyler, I believe you're thinking of the Lehigh Valley and the transshipment of coal at Waverly, NY. And of course later the LV layed the third rail to Buffalo on the Erie from Waverly to Buffalo and ran their own trains. The DL&W's outlets were Ithaca via the C&S with the Erie doing the haul from first Great Bend, PA to Owego, NY then from Binghamton to Owego and later Syracuse and Oswego via the SB&NY. The Erie did not cross the state line except for along the Delaware in several places where it was absolutely necessary. West of Binghamton...sorry, no. Check the map: http://www.erielackhs.org/Erie/ErieSmallMap.html Or look at the old tops at maptech if you wish to view more detail. The link is on the Links page. Regards, Will Schuyler Larrabee wrote: > > You're good with the answers, Will, but I believe you're not correct here. For a long time, the > DL&W transferred coal to ERIE cars in this general area, because they didn't have rights to go to > Buffalo. Unless you're saying that the current line isn't the original ERIE alignment, the ERIE did > indeed go across the state line there. > > SGL > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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